I raise a point of order,Mr Speaker

Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order,Mr Speaker. You can make any defence for her you like.MrSPEAKER: This Rosetta Stone outlet is not a point of order.Rt Hon WinstonPeters: The reality is that I was making a point of order, Ihad not finished, and you have accused me of rudeness whenthat accusation lies properly with the Prime Minister. Iwant to continue on when you properly do what you shouldhave done and called her to question and accused her ofrudeness, not me.Mr SPEAKER: The member is wrong. He willcarry on with his point of order or he will leave. Would themember please carry on with the point of order.Rt HonWinston Peters: If that is the way I am treated I am notinterested in carrying on with the question.back totopCorrections, Department,Supervision ofPaedophile10. RICHARD WORTH (National,Epsom), on behalfof Hon TONY RYALL (National,Bay of Plenty): to the Ministerof Corrections: Will there be an independent investigationinto the actions of the Department of Corrections withregards to the supervision of paedophile, Lloyd AlexanderMcIntosh, if not, why not?Hon PAUL SWAIN (Minister ofCorrections): No. The offender was being supervised 24 hoursa day by a private provider contracted by the Department ofCorrections. It is entirely appropriate that the Departmentof Corrections investigate the actions of the contractor andreview its own procedures Rosetta Stone Spanish V3 in relation to suchcontracts.Richard Worth: Does the Minister agree with thecomments made by his colleague the Hon Philip Goff: Werefortunate that it was not at the most serious end ofoffending. , if so, is he prepared to explain these commentsto Mr McIntoshs female victim and her family who are copingwith the reality that the State literally stood by while shewas being assaulted?Hon PAUL SWAIN: On most occasions Iagree with the comments made by Philip Goff. I think it isreally important to say that the department did all that itcould. It made sure that McIntosh stayed in jail for as longas possible, it had conditions applied to the release, itnegotiated a 24/7 supervision with McIntosh, contracted twoagencies to carry them out, and took action when theconditions were breached. The department did all that itcould.Ron Mark: Given that the Minister only yesterdayfinally conceded that despite his earlier protestations thatthere was no need for a fully independent inquiry into theDepartment of Corrections emergency response unit, why willhe not now accept that there is quite clearly a need for anindependent inquiry into the departments close supervisionprogramme of Mr Lloyd Alexander McIntosh, or do we just haveto sit here and wait until he gets another kick in the buttfrom the Prime Minister and finally does what we all know heneeds to do.Mr SPEAKER: The first part of the questioncan be answered.Hon PAUL SWAIN: For a start, as Iindicated to that member, I was always relaxed about someform of inquiry but not political grandstanding. That is whywe have taken this course of action, which the membersupports. The difference between the two is that this one isabout contracting arrangements with third parties. That iswhy it should be done by the department.back totopStudents,Achievement Levels11. JILL PETTIS(Labour,Whanganui) to the Minister of Education: What stepsis the Government taking to lift the educationalachievements of school children in New Zealand?Hon TREVORMALLARD (Minister of Education): Our Government is investingheavily in numeracy initiatives, because Rosetta Stone English we see it as a toppriority for lifting educational achievement. Initiativesinclude a nationwide numeracy project involving more than10,000 teachers and the hugely popular numeracy assessmenttool known as asTTle .